parrot hunting

marv · 30 Dec 2009 at 00:00

what a night mare it is hunting for a cockatoo or african grey on the internet for reasonable money with cage,

so many fake adds about driving me crazy been looking for 2 days now and still got no where.

Rich · 30 Dec 2009 at 00:03

In before the cockatoo joke.

danb21t · 30 Dec 2009 at 00:09

you can have my blue and gold macaw if you want...shes an absolute pain lol

Rich1988 · 30 Dec 2009 at 00:16

lol the op wants a **** or two

Rich · 30 Dec 2009 at 00:16

onoes

panthro · 30 Dec 2009 at 02:00

Theres a huge difference in looking after a cockatoo and an african grey. The AG requires a lot more attention than the cockatoo.

Kutter · 30 Dec 2009 at 02:12

Rich said:
In before the cockatoo joke.

i nearly choaked on my drink then lol

apeZ · 30 Dec 2009 at 02:18

Would you like one cockatoo?

marcus_667 · 30 Dec 2009 at 02:19

spat my coke everywhere rofl

mrk · 30 Dec 2009 at 03:10

Rather than online why not look locally in the papers etc?

Are you going to be able to raise/look after and train one though? Cockatiels are tasking enough to look after from babies and Cockatoos will be one level up

BENJAMIN HERBLE · 30 Dec 2009 at 10:05

meet doris 16 weeks

i had the same trouble trying to find a parrot.
got the cage £275 but it is huge,then asked about in pet shops for a grey.
got a few phone numbers and a breader in the next town had three ready to go.
so the wife did get her pressy

Cosimo · 30 Dec 2009 at 10:12

Rich said:
In before the cockatoo joke.

One girl wakes up and says to her friend, "My mouth feels like the bottom of a bird cage." To which her friend replies, "I'm not surprised; you had a cockatoo in there last night."

.Sean · 30 Dec 2009 at 10:12

Birds shouldn't be caged up in a house.

SoSolid · 30 Dec 2009 at 11:00

.Sean said:
Birds shouldn't be caged up in a house.

I totally agree with this. At the very least it should be an avery, but really they should remain in the wild.

ajf · 30 Dec 2009 at 11:10

Try and find a reputable breeder you can visit rather than look on the internet. There are bound to be one or two - a local pet shop would probably know of one.
They are not cheap anywhere though and for good reason. Stops anyone just buying one because they thought is was 'a good idea'.

As has been said if you want an African Grey make sure you really know what you are letting yourself in for! We have had one for about 12 years and they are far more complicated to look after and understand than cockatoos.

Think of it as a small child and that will be close.

mrk · 30 Dec 2009 at 13:22

.Sean said:
Birds shouldn't be caged up in a house.

As long as it's not small it's perfectly fine and they treat it as a home too because they go in and out of it when they want to eat birdfood or sleep.

If their handlers look after them well then they will get equal playtime outside of the cage and be perfectly happy and grow well.

You can tell a happy bird when you see one so I don't know what you're on about, doesn't sound like you've ever owned a pet bird at all.

J1234 · 30 Dec 2009 at 13:54

We got an African Grey by asking for breeders in a pet shop

SHEDDER1uk · 30 Dec 2009 at 14:04

These guys are pretty good.
http://www.piperspiece.co.uk/

Ziggy · 30 Dec 2009 at 14:07

I thought parrot hunting was going to involve creeping through the jungle with a shotgun calling out "Polly want a cracker?"

Eddie · 30 Dec 2009 at 14:34

Ziggy said:
I thought parrot hunting was going to involve creeping through the jungle with a shotgun calling out "Polly want a cracker?"